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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. John D. Gates began his career as what?

2. Who is publishing her scathing expose of Standard Oil at this time?

3. The trust does what to satisfy the courts?

4. Unlike John D., William is active in what?

5. He agrees to Harper's plan to establish a university in what city?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Elkins Act? What is the purpose of a new cabinet department with a Bureau of Corporations? How does Standard Oil feel about this bureau?

2. What takes place when Junior decides he wants to separate from all businesses but one, his mining business in Colorado?

3. Describe life in the Rockefeller family in Chapter Thirty-two.

4. Describe Junior in Chapter Nineteen.

5. What problems exist in Senior's life by 1903?

6. Describe John D. Gates.

7. What happens when the trust begins to lose its legal battles?

8. Describe the Millionaire's Special.

9. What takes place in Junior's life in Chapter Thirty-three?

10. What happens when the Ohio Attorney General reading a book about trusts which includes a copy of Standard Oil's trust deed indicating that control of the Ohio company has been transferred out of state, in violation of its Ohio charter.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

John D.'s name frequently receives a lot of bad publicity.

Part 1) Why does his name receive bad publicity? Is he deserving of this bad publicity? Why or why not?

Part 2) How does he handle these difficult moments in his career? How do these challenges and setbacks lead him to more wealth?

Part 3) What can one learn about dealing with trouble from John D.? Is this a good lesson? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

There are fortunes to be made in the post Civil War period.

Part 1) Why are there fortunes to be made? How does John D. benefit from this period of time? How do his previous business ventures aid him during this period of time?

Part 2) How is John D.'s opinion of oil significant? How does he benefit from this opinion?

Part 3) How did John D. fare during other periods of upheaval in the U.S.? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Big Bill is a bigamist.

Part 1) Who is Big Bill? How does he come to be a bigamist? Are you surprised by this? Why or why not?

Part 2) How does this affect his wife Eliza, John D., and John D.'s siblings? Why is nothing done about Bill's behavior?

Part 3) How is Bill a thorn in John's side throughout much of his life? How does he deal with this? What does this reveal about John D.?

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